diff --git a/gnu/packages/crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
index 7709775a59..1c6e759c83 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
@@ -1062,7 +1062,8 @@ Trusted comments are signed, thus verified, before being displayed.")
              (invoke "ctest" "build/tests"))))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (synopsis "Implementation of the olm and megolm cryptographic ratchets")
-    (description "An implementation of the Double Ratchet cryptographic
-ratchet written in @code{C} and @code{C++11} and exposed as a @code{C API}.")
+    (description "The libolm library implements the Double Ratchet
+cryptographic ratchet.  It is written in C and C++11, and exposed as a C
+API.")
     (home-page "https://matrix.org/docs/projects/other/olm/")
     (license license:asl2.0)))